Stroud, D. Humphry Repton.
1st. Pub. Country Life. 1962 pp.182 with many b/w. photos. Previous owners’ neat pen signature on ffep. Dw. a little chipped in places o/w. a nr. fine hdbk. copy.
£50.00 [ref: 47711]

Stroud, Dorothy. Capability Brown.
Rev. Ed. Rep. Pub. Country Life. 1965 pp.228 with b/w. photos., and illus. 4to. Nr. fine hardback.
With an introduction by Christopher Hussey. This revised edition contains additional material which was not available for previous editions.
£20.00 [ref: 60307]

Stuart, D.C. Georgian Gardens.
1st. Ed. Pub. Robert Hale. 1979 pp.256 with photographs. A fine copy in dw.
£15.00 [ref: 24604]

Stuart, David C. The Kitchen Garden. A historical guide to traditional crops.
1st. Ed. Pub. Hale. 1984 pp.270 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Light spotting to fore-edges of text block o/w. a fine hardback in thor. vg. dw.
For the gardening gourmet, this book provides a history of the English kitchen garden and of the principal vegetables, fruits and herbs cultivated from the Middle ages to the present day.
£6.00 [ref: 52679]

Stuart, David. The Plants That Shaped Our Gardens.
1st. Ed. Pub. Frances Lincoln. 2002 pp.208 with colour and b/w. illus. 4to. Signature. Nr. fine softback
Stuart suggests it is the plants that have driven the evolution of the modern garden. This book discusses the plant hunters and what they came back with in the broader context of gardens of the 18th century, the American Garden, Bedding, Herbaceous, Glass, Rose, Rock and Water gardens.
£7.50 [ref: 51083]

Sutton, M.J. Permanent and Temporary Pastures. With Descriptions and Illustrations of Leading Natural Grasses and Clovers.
3rd. Ed. Pub. Hamilton, Adams & Co. 1888 pp.xi, 174 with 23 fine b/w. illus. plates. 4to. Hardback. Light spotting to ends and only very occ. internally o/w. contents fine. Original printed cloth boards vg. with some marking.
Advice on the extension and drainage of pastures, cultural preparations and the best grasses and clovers, based on an essay published in the Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society. Continues with advice on when to sow, the immediate after-management of new pastures, the improvement of old grass land and hints on haymaking, grazing and silage.
£10.00 [ref: 67761]

Suttons & Sons (Reading, England). Sutton’s Amateur’s Guide in Horticulture for 1892.
1st. Ed. Pub. Sutton & Sons. 1892 pp.131 with 4 col. plates & b/w. illus. throughout. 4to. Softback. Spotting and other marks throughout, cords stretched and becoming disbound. Pictorial card covers creased and chipped. Still very readable. Scarce.
An extensive, beautifully illustrated, catalogue of vegetable seeds, potatoes for planting, asparagus, rhubarb and sea kale, garden implements, lawn mower and grass seeds, flower seeds, bulbs, plants and gardening books. Suttons were appointed by Royal Sealed Warrants as Seedsmen to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
£50.00 [ref: 69835]

Suttons & Sons (Reading, England). Sutton’s Amateur’s Guide in Horticulture for 1910.
1st. Ed. Pub. Sutton & Sons. 1910 pp.196 with b/w. photographs throughout. Small 4to. Softback. Thor. vg. Card covers with Royal warrant to front. With Typed two page Suttons testimonial (dated Jan. 1st 1910) - very complimentary about the value, quality and that Suttons are not the rich man’s Seedsmen, but the ‘poor man’s seedsmen’ - attached to title page. Scarce.
After the testimonial, Suttons describe how the ‘disastrous weather of 1909’ affected them. A very extensive, well illustrated catalogue of vegetable and flower seeds together with garden implements and accessories. An excellent example of a gardening Catalogue overflowing with products prior to outbreak of World War One during which offerings were reduced to wartime priorities.
£50.00 [ref: 69833]

Suttons & Sons Ltd. (Reading, England). Sutton’s Amateur’s Guide in Horticulture and General Garden Seed - Catalogue for 1939.
1st. Ed. Pub. Sutton & Sons. 1939 pp.211 with several col. plates & many b/w. photos. throughout. 4to. Softback. Corners gently bumped o/w. in good to vg. condition. Card covers with Royal warrant to front cover. Loosely inserted is a 20-page Supplement of Sutton’s Seeds for Summer and Autumn sowing - Season 1941. Scarce.
A very extensive, very well illustrated, catalogue of flowers from seed, vegetables, seed potatoes, bulbous flowers, flowering plants, roses, trees, lawns and pleasure turf, fertilisers, garden sundries and garden construction services that Suttons offered. An excellent example of a gardening Catalogue overflowing with products prior to outbreak of World War Two during which offerings were reduced to wartime priorities.
£75.00 [ref: 69834]

Swezey, S.L. et al. Organic Apple Production Manual.
1st. Pub. Univ. California. 2000 pp.v, 72 with some text illus. Fine in card covers.
£15.00 [ref: 33599]